Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution

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• Interviews

  • Jack Crenshaw
  • Paul Andreasen
  • Bill Hogue
  • J. Weaver Jr.
  • Jim Stutsman

• Arcade Games

  • Donkey Kong
  • Space Colony
  • Crazy Painter
  • Panik
  • Cosmic Patrol
  • Time Runner
  • The Eliminator
  • Sea Dragon
  • Time Bandit
  • Rear Guard
  • Starfighter
  • Games by Wayne Westmoreland and Terry Gilman
  • Rally
  • Devil’s Tower
  • Scarfman
  • Frogger
  • Outhouse
  • Nukliex
  • Apple Panic
  • Galaxy Invasion Plus
  • Weerd
  • Defense Command
  • Stellar Escort
  • Cosmic Fighter
  • Attack Force

• The Cassette Gazette

  • Why the Gazette?
  • What Price Tape?
  • Let's Get Our Heads Together
  • Bang the Motor
  • What Is A Loader?
  • "Pinch Hits" & "Switch Hits"
  • TRS-80 XRX Mod
  • Volume Setting
  • Product Review
  • How Tape is Made
  • Which Loader For You?
  • Integrated Tape
  • TRS-80 Cassette Software
  • No-Fuss Any-Speed Hardware

• Operating Systems

  • MULTIDOS
  • DOSPLUS
  • VTOS
  • ULTRADOS
  • MICRODOS
  • Model I TRSDOS Versions
  • Model I TRSDOS Disk BASIC Commands
  • Model I TRSDOS Commands
  • TRSDOS for the Model I

• People

  • Yves Lempereur
  • Bill Hogue

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